News: January 15, 2008: Special Edition

[Honeykiss1974]

RACIAL prejudice in the fashion industry has long persisted because of tokenism and lookism. “We already have our black girl,” says a designer to a fashion-show casting agent, declining to see others. Or: “She doesn’t have the right look.” Laziness, paranoia and pedantry may also have something to do with the failure to hire black models for shows and magazine features in any meaningful number, but, hey, that’s just a guess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/fa...=1&ref=fashion

[Honeykiss1974]

Next stop for "Soul Train" is new ownership

By Kimberly Nordyke
Wed Jun 18, 2:23 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Don Cornelius has sold his "Soul Train" franchise to MadVision Entertainment, a multimedia company specializing in branded urban content and production.

The deal gives MadVision production rights to the weekly "Soul Train" series along with a catalog of more than 1,100 hours of archival footage from the show's 37-year run.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/tv_nm/soultrain_dc

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When a new company takes over, the outcome is never good. I hope they don't completely revamp and totally ruin Soul Trainmore than it already has been. It was hard enough watching it through the Shemar Moore years.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974

I love this photo.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974

RACIAL prejudice in the fashion industry has long persisted because of tokenism and lookism. “We already have our black girl,” says a designer to a fashion-show casting agent, declining to see others. Or: “She doesn’t have the right look.” Laziness, paranoia and pedantry may also have something to do with the failure to hire black models for shows and magazine features in any meaningful number, but, hey, that’s just a guess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/fa...=1&ref=fashion

working link

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/fa...&ex=1214020800